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Rodríguez Orejuela brothers, 129, 142

Roizis, Griša (the Cannibal), 279–81

Romanò, Attilio, 339

Romano, Lino, 339, 340

Rome, 202, 215, 225, 227, 230, 232, 239–40, 300, 331

Romero Vázquez, Jesús Antonio, 100

Rosarno, Italy, 193, 202–3, 298

RosUkrEnergo, 285–87

Rotterdam, 291, 308, 332

Royal Air Maroc, 323–24

Royal Bank of Scotland, 249–50, 252

Rubens, Peter Paul, 223

Ruello, Nello, 204

Russia:

arms trafficking in, 272, 273, 282, 283

arrests and imprisonment in, 260, 263, 275–76, 284–85

banking in, 270–71, 274

cocaine trafficking in, 279–82, 283, 287

drug addiction in, 282–83

economy of, 265–67, 270–71, 285–87

gas exports of, 285–87

mafia of, 251–52, 258–87, 289, 294

money laundering in, 251, 260, 268–69, 273, 276–78, 281, 283–84

prisons of, 260, 262, 265

prostitution in, 269–70

protection rackets in, 263–66

violence in, 263–68, 273, 285

see also
Soviet Union

sailing vessels, 296–300

St. John, 375

Saint-Raphaël, France, 213

Šalamov, Varlam, 348

Salento, Italy, 217

Salerno, Italy, 179, 189, 291

Salina Cruz, Mexico, 295

Salinas de Gortari, Raúl, 255–57

Samper Pizano, Ernesto, 151

San Calogero, Italy, 175, 177, 195

Sánchez Celis, Leopoldo, 20

Sánchez Hinojosa, Alberto (El Tony), 296

San Diego, Calif., 40

San Fernando, Mexico, 102–3

San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy, 180, 196

San Luca, Italy, 168, 174, 203, 218

San Marino, 198–99

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 50

San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico, 97

San Salvador, 352

Santa Marta, Colombia, 144–45

Santa Martha Acatitla prison, 365–66

Santa Monica Hospital, 46

Santos, Brazil, 307

São Paulo, Brazil, 332, 334

Scali, Natale, 173–74, 182, 184–85, 188, 189, 190, 191

Scampia (Naples neighborhood), 231, 338–42, 344, 346

Scipione, Santo (Papi), 174, 184–85, 187, 189

“scissionisti”
(secessionists), 340

Scopelliti, Antonino, 169

scorpion logo, 302, 303

Scotland Yard, 245, 278

SEA, 179

Secondigliano (Naples neighborhood), 344

Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), Mexican, 95–96

Semana,
163–64

Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 253–54

Senegal, 320–21

September 11 attacks (2001), 242, 246

Sepúlveda, Dario, 360

Sepúlveda Blanco, Michael Corleone (Paco), 360, 362

Sergej (Mogilevic associate), 267–68

Sergi, Paolo (Shorty), 229–30, 235

Severa, Roberto, 225–26

sexual dysfunction, 120–22

Shadow Warriors,
350

Shakira, 133

Sheldan
(yacht)
,
300

Sheremetyevo International Airport, 276

Sicilia, Javier, 71

Sicily, 167–69, 170, 217, 229, 230, 232–34

Siderno, Italy, 194, 214, 217

Sierra Leone, 321–22

Sinaloa, Mexico, 20, 25, 38–42, 46, 51–56, 60, 62, 66, 102, 126, 243, 306–7, 363–64

Sinopoli, Italy, 194

Sin tetas no hay paraíso
(Without Breasts There Is No Paradise), 135

Sirio
(sailboat)
,
300

Sirleaf, Fumbah, 321

Širokov, Nikolaj, 270

60 Minutes,
166

Slovakia, 272, 286

Smorfia Napoletana, 337–38

Sneath, Paul, 328

sniffer (antidrug) dogs, 289, 313, 330, 343–47

“snow,” 108, 113

Société Générale, 247

sodium bicarbonate, 113

sodium hydroxide, 113

Soldini, Giovanni, 297

Solís, Luis, 101

Solive, Carole, 355

Solncevo neighborhood, 262–63

Solncevskaja Bratva (Solncevo Brotherhood), 262–63, 268, 269–71, 275–76, 277, 284

Sol y Sombra discotheque, 63

Sonora, Mexico, 30, 45, 102

Sotheby’s, 271–72

South Africa, 322

South Sea
(ship)
,
317

Soviet Jews, 260–61, 262, 268–69

Soviet Tango class submarines, 279–81

Soviet Union, 260–62, 264, 265, 268–69, 279–83, 287, 293

see also
Russia

Spain, 52, 76, 179, 180, 216, 219, 222, 226–27, 234, 236, 237, 238, 291, 294, 306–7, 308, 331

Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker, 185–86

Special Operations Group (ROS), 178, 191, 298, 328

State Department, U.S., 32, 97

Stone cocaine, 118

Strangio, Francesco, 202, 203, 205

street pushers, 115–16, 123

strip clubs, 279–80

submarines, 127, 279–81, 293–96, 306

subprime mortgages, 247–48

sulfuric acid, 75

Summit International, 273–74

SuperEnalotto lottery, 193

superhero logos, 303

Supreme Court, Italian, 236

Supreme Court, Mexican, 41

suspicious activity reports (SARs), 199, 243–46

Switzerland, 255–57

synaptic junctures, 35–36

Taliban, 185

Tamaulipas, 42, 54, 60, 96, 100, 102–3

Tampico Alto, Mexico, 68

Taurianova, Italy, 197

Taxceno (Taxi Aéreo del Centro Norte), 44

Taylor, William, 286–87

Terremoto de Manizales (racehorse), 223

Texas, 42, 68

Thomson Reuters, 250

Thoreau, Henry David, 374

Tiempo,
368

Tierra Caliente (Hot Land), 63

Tijuana, Mexico, 30, 40, 44, 60, 93, 98

Time,
259, 317

Timofeev, Sergej (Sylvester), 273

Timošenko, Julija, 285

tocra
coke, 112

Tocumen International Airport, 319

Top Rate Change, 227

Torre Cantú, Rodolfo, 100

transit taxes, 255–56

transnational organized crime (TOC), 250

Trapani, Italy, 231–32, 233

traveler’s checks, 243–46

Treasury Department, U.S., 245–46, 254

Trevi, Gloria, 101

Treviño Morales, José, 252–53

Treviño Morales, Miguel Ángel (El Z40), 98, 103, 252

Treviño Morales, Omar (El Z42), 98–99

Trimboli, Rocco, 230

Trinidad Cerón, Luis Alberto (El Guicho), 61

tripulantes
(ship’s crew), 291–92, 297, 299, 300

Troika restaurant, 274

tropane alkaloids, 113–14

Trujillo, Carlos (Griselda Blanco’s first husband), 359–60

Truxillo
coca, 114

Turatello, Francis (Angel Face), 212

Turin, 298, 331

Turkey, 215, 232

Twenty-first Motorized Cavalry Regiment, Mexican, 60

Ufa (sniffer dog), 345

U Holubů restaurant, 275

Ukraine, 260, 276, 277, 279, 285–87

UniCredit Bank, 193

Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity), 83

Union Frigo Transport Logistic, 196–97

United Nations, 74, 207–9, 250

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 207–9, 250

United Sacred Crown, 296–97

United States:

access routes to, 20–23, 39–40, 42, 49, 57, 59

cocaine market of, 34, 38–39, 51–53, 59, 73–77, 127, 289

Colombian relations with, 127, 131, 148–49, 154–66, 189

drug enforcement in, 19–34, 64–65, 97, 148–66, 168, 294–95

extraditions to, 41, 59, 131, 148–51, 162–66, 282, 285, 366

illegal immigration to, 102, 289

Italian relations with, 168, 178, 185–86

Mexican border of, 20–22, 39–40, 44, 53, 57, 60, 61, 69–70, 102, 289–90, 328

Mexican relations with, 28, 31, 41, 58, 158, 366

Russian mafia in, 262, 268, 273–74, 276, 279, 289, 294

war on terror of, 155–57, 187, 242, 254–55

Uralmaševskaja crime group, 269–70

Uribe, Álvaro, 155, 157, 166

Uribe Escobar, Mario, 166

Vado Ligure, Italy, 291, 329

Valdez Villarreal, Edgar (Barbie), 42–43

Valencia, Armando (Maradona), 158

Valencia, Erick (El 85), 67

Vallanzasca, Renato, 212

Valtur vacation resorts, 227

Van Kleef, Leon, 234–36

Varela, Wílber (Soap), 135

Vásquez Romero, Luis Roberto, 353, 354–55

Vega, Baruch, 149–51, 158–59, 162

Vendemini, Valter, 199

Venezuela, 164, 179–80, 202, 233, 238, 291

Ventrans, 180, 196

Ventrici, Francesco (El Gordo; Fatty), 175–76, 177, 180, 182–84, 190, 192, 195–200

Ventura Moussong, Juan Carlos, 365

Veracruz, Mexico, 67–68

Vibonesi group, 193

Vibo Valentia, Italy, 172, 175–76, 183, 191, 204–5, 254

Vida loca, La,
348–56

Vieira, João Bernardo, 316

Villarreal Barragán, Sergio (El Grande), 50

VM Trans, 196–97

Volkov, Aleksandr, 273–74

Vološin, Vladimir, 273–74

Volpiano, Italy, 344

Voltan, Mattia, 297–98, 299

Vory v zakone
organization, 264–65, 271, 273, 285

Voz de Durango, La,
368

Voz de Michoacán, La,
64

Voz y Solución,
64

Wachovia Bank, 243–46, 249–50, 253

Wall Street, 247, 254, 273–74

Waridel, Paul Eduard (The Turk), 232–34

“white petrol,” 38, 57

WikiLeaks, 286–87

wiretapping, 181, 202, 228–30, 237, 298, 362

witness protection programs, 157–60, 164, 362

Woods, Martin, 243–46, 249–50, 252, 253

Woods, Ray, 332

Woods M5 Associates, 249

World Drug Report (2012), 207–9

yachts, 296–300

YBM Magnex International, 251, 276–77, 286

YouTube videos, 43, 67, 94

Yugoslavia, 219, 257

Yuma, Ariz., 290

Zacazonapan, Mexico, 68

Zambada García, Ismael (El Mayo), 30, 41, 55–56, 66, 363, 365

Zapata, Emiliano, 62

Zola, Émile, 348

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